E080-0560
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
(ICPC)
DATE OF ISSUE:
12/07/01
APPLICABLE TO:
All Technical Assistants (TA) and Eligibility Workers (EW), Their
Eligibility Supervisor (ES) and Human Services Administrator (HSA I)
LEGAL BASIS:
State Regulations - Division 31-510
Family Code Sections 7900-7912
RELATED POLICY RELEASE(S):
Procedural Guide 0100-525.10, Interstate Compact for the
Placement of Children (ICPC)
NON-CWS/CMS FORM(S):
DCFS 280, TA Action Request
DCFS 2384, Two-Way Gram
DCFS 2426, Two-Way Action Request
FC3, Determination of Federal Eligibility
FC 18, Notification of AFDC-FC Transfer
CWS/CMS FORM(S):
AFDC Program Choice Indicator (FC4)
Application for Cash Aid, Food Stamps and/or Medical Assistance
Case Information Notebook
Case Notes
Client Notebook
Court Notebook
Medi-Cal Notebook
Notice of Action (NA 981)
Request for Verification/Certificates of Evidence
SAWS1 Notebook
SUPERSEDES AND CANCELS:
Procedural Guide E030-1500, Interstate Compact for the Placement of
Children (ICPC), dated March 2, 1998
The sending state retains financial responsibility for a child placed out of state until
jurisdiction is terminated pursuant to the ICPC.
If a child is placed out of state with a relative and is receiving CalWORKs public assistance
payments from California, the relative caregiver is responsible for meeting all requirements
set forth in California regulations, including the monthly reporting requirement.
Federally eligible AFDC-FC children who reside out of state receive Medicaid from the state
in which they reside. Children eligible to state financial participation foster care will continue
to receive California Medi-Cal Benefits. A major problem when a state-eligible child is
placed through ICPC is that the caregiver often cannot find a doctor willing to accept MediCal.
Non-court legal guardians are not included in the ICPC. If a non-court legal guardian contacts
the Foster Care Hotline EW, (s)he must be told that guardianship is only valid in the state in
which it was granted and that (s)he will need to apply for guardianship in the state to which
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(s)he is moving. Explain that not all states have a legal guardianship foster care program.
Therefore, they may not receive foster care payments from that state and will no longer be
eligible to California foster care monies.
A. WHEN:
OUTGOING PLACEMENT TO ANOTHER STATE
WHO
FCHL EW
HOW
1. Receive the request for an ICPC FC3, Determination of
Federal Eligibility.
- OR Receive the request that indicates an out-of-state
placement with a relative and the child is foster careineligible.
2. Access the CWS/CMS application. Search, retrieve,
and open the existing case/client.
3. Determine federal eligibility.
a)
Review the client notebook, ID NUM and
AFDC-FC pages. Obtain the child’s aid code
and foster care eligibility status.
b)
Obtain the eligibility segment from the foster
care library. Review and verify the validity of
the eligibility determination.
NOTE: If the eligibility segment financial folder is
unavailable, verify the financial participation on the
APPS or CWS/CMS computer system.
4.
c)
Complete the FC3 based on the verification
recorded on the CWS/CMS application or
photocopy the valid FC3 from the eligibility
segment.
d)
Fax or send the FC3 to the CSW.
e)
Record all eligibility activity in the Case Notes.
When the child is federally ineligible, review the
CWS/CMS client management
section.
a)
WHO
SAWS 1 Notebook. Select and print the
Application for cash, food stamps and
medical assistance report.
HOW
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FCHL EW
b) Client Notebook, AFDC-FC page. Verify
the ineligibility for federal foster care.
c) Review the CWS/CMS Placement Management
Section, existing Placement Document Notebook.
Select the Program Choice Indicator. Print the
document if the relative or CSW did not provide it
with the request.
B. WHEN:
WHO
TA/EW
d)
Review the CWS/CMS Court Management
Section, Disposition Hearing Notebook. Obtain
or print the suitable placement information.
e)
Complete the DCFS 2426. Document the
foster care-ineligible out-of-state relative
placement. Attach the SAWS 1, notice of
action, FC4, and court minute order. Send
this packet to the DPSS CalWORKs Metro
Family District Office, Attention: Administrative
Deputy, to process the out-of-state relative
CalWORK placement.
f)
Set a control for seven business days. At the
control date, contact the DPSS district office.
Ensure that the packet was received and the
CalWORKs public assistance program is being
processed.
g)
Record all eligibility activity in the Case Notes.
THERE IS AN INCOMING PLACEMENT FROM ANOTHER
STATE
HOW
1. Receive the DCFS 280 indicating an ICPC out-ofstate placement.
NOTE: The incoming ICPC Coordinator accepts the
incoming ICPC and sends it to the appropriate
regional services office. The regional SAAMS Unit
is responsible for assigning a case number.
2. Record the placement in the CWS/CMS application
in the Placement Notebook.
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